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IMAGE IN MEDICINE • Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 61 (2) • mar-apr 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.61.02.114   copy

Typical case: herpes zoster

Caso típico: herpes-zóster

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Summary

The varicella zoster virus is the causative agent of herpes zoster and varicella. In herpes zoster, the virus dormant within dorsal root ganglia is reactivated, resulting in painful vesicular lesions overlying an erythematous base.

herpes zoster; ganglia; sympathetic

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